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December 1, 2019 Scripture: Isaiah 9:1-7 I. Jesus gives you hope as a Wonderful Counselor. A. The people of Israel are experiencing gloom (vs. 1) and darkness (vs. 2). Isaiah had prophesied in chapter 8 that the Assyrians were going to invade Israel and take away Israel’s wealth and people. It was a dark time in…
November 24, 2019 Scripture: Exodus 36:1-7 I. You become generous when the Holy Spirit enters your life. A. In Exodus 36:1 we see two of the primary craftsmen that God used to build the beautiful tabernacle: Bezalel and Oholiab. Verse 1 says that God had put in them skill and intelligence to know how to do…
November 10, 2019 Scripture: Jonah 4:5-11 I. God sends difficulty to make you more compassionate. A. In the first four verses of Jonah 4 we saw last week that Jonah was angry with God. What exactly is Jonah hoping in verse 5? He is hoping that God will change His mind about forgiving Nineveh. He is…
November 3, 2019 Scripture: Jonah 4:1-4 I. You get angry with God when you can only see yourself. A. We understand Jonah’s anger better when we read his prayer in verse 2. What is Jonah really praying here? He’s saying, “God, I knew you would forgive these losers! That’s why I didn’t want to go to…
October 27, 2019 Scripture: Jonah 3 I. People need the church to preach the Gospel. A. Jonah 3:1-2 is almost an exact repeat of the words that God spoke to Jonah in chapter 1 at the beginning of Jonah’s story. God is offering Jonah a fresh beginning here after his initial disobedience. The message God gave…
October 20, 2019 Scripture: Jonah 2:1-10 I. Grace is something you don’t deserve. A. What does Jonah do as soon as he gets swallowed by the fish? He does what you or I would do. He prays (vs. 1). When Jonah prayed, he must have wondered if God would help him. He wondered for a few…
October 13, 2019 Scripture: Jonah 1:11-17 I. Love is self-giving. A. In Jonah 1:11 the sailors ask Jonah for a solution to their problem of this storm that is threatening to kill them, “What shall we do to you, that the sea may quiet down for us?” Jonah knows exactly what to do. Jonah says in…
October 6, 2019 Scripture: Jonah 1:7-10 Matthew 5:44-47: “But I say to you, Love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you, so that you may be sons of your Father who is in heaven… For if you love those who love you, what reward do you have? Do not even the tax collectors…
September 29, 2019 Scripture: Jonah 1:5-6 I. You are a neighbor when you use your faith for the common good. A. In Jonah 1:5 we see what happens when Jonah runs into a violent storm on board a ship in the Mediterranean Sea. We begin to see a contrast between the pagan sailors and the prophet…
September 22, 2019 Scripture: Jonah 1:3-4 I. Sometimes God sends storms because we need to repent of sin. A. In Jonah 1:3 we see that Jonah was trying to run away from God. Jonah wanted to rebel against God’s command, and the way he chose to rebel was to go in the opposite direction of where…
